What if the smartest growth strategy in your community wasn't being run by a private equity firm — it was being run by a charity?

Kim Boudreaux and Sarah Clement of Catholic Charities of Acadiana have spent the last two decades quietly executing one of the most disciplined nonprofit roll-up strategies in Louisiana — growing from a $1.2M agency with 23 employees into a $15M, 90-person, 14-organization platform serving eight civil parishes.

In this episode, host Joshua Wilson and co-host Jude David, JD, DCL, MBA and Managing Partner at FA Mergers, sit down with Kim Boudreaux, Chief Executive Officer, and Sarah Clement, Chief Administrative Officer and 2023 recipient of the Catholic Charities USA National Management Excellence Award, for a candid look at how mission-driven organizations apply real M&A principles — economy of scale, sub-10% administrative rates, EOS implementation, and rigorous due diligence — to expand impact rather than profit. They open up about merging six nonprofits in a single day, navigating boards, integrating cultures, and the hard call to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour before it was cool.

🎯 What We Cover:

• The bishop's challenge that launched a 20-year roll-up strategy
• Why economy of scale matters more in nonprofits than most people think
• The day they closed six mergers — and what they would do differently now
• How to approach a nonprofit board about a merger without bruising egos
• Using EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) to scale a faith-based enterprise
• How they grew FoodNet 110% and Rebuilding Together Acadiana 290% post-acquisition
• The succession-planning angle that opens nonprofit M&A conversations
• Hiring people smarter than you — and the test Kim used to vet Sarah
• Building a culture of mutual accountability, honest feedback, and "start/stop" exercises
• Why the $15 minimum wage decision changed how the whole organization operates

🤝 Connect with Kim Boudreaux:

🌐 https://catholiccharitiesacadiana.org/

💼 https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-boudreaux-186094175/

🤝 Connect with Sarah Clement:

🌐 https://catholiccharitiesacadiana.org/

💼 https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-clement-562b7913/

🤝 Connect with Co-Host Jude David, JD, DCL, MBA:

💼 https://www.linkedin.com/in/jude-david-jd-dcl-mba-172a6a76/

💼 Thinking About a Transaction? FA Mergers helps founders, investors, and business owners navigate the full M&A process — from valuation to close. If you're exploring a sale, acquisition, or capital raise, let's talk. 🔗 https://www.famergers.com/

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What if the Lord interrupted your career at the peak of the American dream? Saul Keeton walked away from 25 years in commercial real estate. Kevin Granger left nursing and music behind. Both said yes to something bigger.

In this episode of The Deal Podcast, host Joshua Wilson sits down with Saul Keeton and Kevin Granger of Family Missions Company — the largest lay Catholic foreign missionary organization in the world — alongside co-host Jude David, JD, DCL, MBA and Managing Partner at FA Mergers.

Saul and Kevin share how the Lord rerouted their lives, what it takes to run a mission organization sending 200+ missionaries into 11 countries, and how business owners and stewards of capital can become the shaft of the spear that pushes the gospel into the world's most underserved places. This is a conversation about legacy, kingdom ROI, and what happens when ambition meets surrender.

🎯 What We Cover:

• Why Saul left a 25-year commercial real estate career for the mission field
• Kevin's journey from music major to nursing to global missions
• How Family Missions Company became the largest lay Catholic foreign missionary organization in the world
• The "tip of the spear" model — and why business owners are the shaft
• Running a mission organization with 20–30 staff and 200+ missionaries in 11 countries
• Kingdom ROI: how to think about return when souls are the metric
• Why 3.6 billion people have never heard the name of Jesus
• Gospel poverty, transparency, and how missionary funds actually flow
• Working yourself out of a job — building self-sustaining missions
• Identity rooted in being a son of the Father, not a to-do list

🤝 Connect with Saul Keeton & Kevin Granger:

On IG:

Saul + https://www.instagram.com/saulkeeton

Kevin + https://www.instagram.com/kevinjgranger

Family Missions: https://www.instagram.com/fmcmissions/

Web: 🌐 https://www.familymissionscompany.com/

👥 https://www.facebook.com/FamilyMissionsCompany/

🎙️ Go You Are Sent Podcast (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/show/3as5fmjounyu6588WGO8Ek

▶️ Go You Are Sent (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/@GoYouAreSent

🤝 Connect with Co-Host Jude David:

💼 https://www.linkedin.com/in/jude-david-jd-dcl-mba-172a6a76/

💼 Thinking About a Transaction? FA Mergers helps founders, investors, and business owners navigate the full M&A process — from valuation to close. If you're exploring a sale, acquisition, or capital raise, let's talk. 🔗 https://www.famergers.com/

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What does it actually take to walk away from a thriving career at the top of your game — and how do you do it without leaving wreckage behind?

In this special episode of The Deal Podcast, host Joshua Wilson and co-host Jude David, JD, DCL, MBA — Managing Partner at FA Mergers — sit down with Father Jim Brady, JCL, Pastor of St. Pius X Catholic Church in Lafayette, Louisiana. Before entering the priesthood, Father Brady spent eleven years building a regional law practice as a litigation partner. He earned a BS in Accounting from Spring Hill College, a JD from the University of Mississippi, and later a Licentiate in Canon Law from The Catholic University of America. His story is a master class in discernment, responsible transition, and the kind of stewardship every founder, partner, and operator eventually faces. Whether you're contemplating a sale, a career change, or the next chapter, this conversation will reframe how you think about calling, exits, and what it means to run toward something rather than away.

🎯 What We Cover:

• How a 29-year-old trial lawyer started hearing a different call
• The Holy Thursday moment that changed everything
• Why he gave his partners a full year to unwind the practice responsibly
• Building your own succession plan before you exit
• The "99% pay cut" — what's actually hard about a major career transition
• How to tell the difference between running toward something vs. running from it
• Discernment frameworks that apply to founders, sellers, and career changers
• Bringing trusted advisors into your decision instead of going it alone
• Running a large parish like a business — service, solutions, and the customer experience
• Why "small things with great love" outperform grand ambition over time

🤝 Connect with Father Jim Brady:

🌐 https://stpiusxchurch.org/staff/fr-jim-brady/

📧 pastor@stpiusxchurch.org

🤝 Connect with Co-Host Jude David, JD, DCL, MBA:

💼 https://www.linkedin.com/in/jude-david-jd-dcl-mba-172a6a76/

💼 Thinking About a Transaction? FA Mergers helps founders, investors, and business owners navigate the full M&A process — from valuation to close. If you're exploring a sale, acquisition, or capital raise, let's talk. 🔗 https://www.famergers.com/

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